Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 18:
Movie director Roman Polanski is 91.
Actor Robert Redford is 88.
Actor Henry G. Sanders ("Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman") is 82.
Rock musician Dennis Elliott is 74.
Comedian Elayne Boosler is 72.
Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 69.
Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 67.
Actress Madeleine Stowe is 66.
ABC Evening News anchor Bob Woodruff is 63.
Actor Adam Storke is 62.
Actor Craig Bierko ("Sex and the City," ''The Long Kiss Goodnight") is 60.
Musician Everlast (born Erik Schrody) (House of Pain) is 55.
Actor Christian Slater is 55.
Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 55.
Actor Edward Norton is 55.
Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 54.
Actress Kaitlin Olson ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") is 49.
Musician-singer Regine Chassagne (Arcade Fire) is 48.
Comedian Andy Samberg ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Saturday Night Live") is 46.
Guitarist Brad Tursi of Old Dominion is 45.
Singer Mika is 41.
Actress Mika Boorem is 37.
Actress Maia Mitchell is 31.
Actress Madelaine Petsch ("Riverdale") is 30.
Actress Parker McKenna Posey ("My Wife and Kids") is 29.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1893, influential Canadian musician Sir Ernest MacMillan. (May 6, 1973)
In 1896, actor Jack Pickford. (Jan. 3, 1933)
In 1905, orchestra leader and producer Enoch Light. (July 31, 1978)
In 1909, "Le Devoir" publisher Gerard Filion. (March 26, 2005)
In 1918, western swing musician and country comedian Hank Penny. (April 17, 1992)
In 1920, actress Shelley Winters. (Jan. 14, 2006)
In 1925, Canadian cardiac surgeon Pierre Rene Grondin, who performed the first Canadian heart transplant in 1968. (Jan. 17, 2006)
In 1928, Sonny Til, lead singer of the pioneer rhythm-and-blues group "The Orioles." (Dec. 9, 1981)
In 1934, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Roberto Clemente. (Dec. 31, 1972)
In 1939, singer Molly Bee. (Feb. 7, 2009)
In 1939, singer Johnny Preston. (March 4, 2011)
In 1941, actor Christopher Jones. (Jan. 31, 2014)
In 1943, actor-comedian Martin Mull. (June 27, 2024)
In 1943, Carl Wayne, vocalist for the English rock band The Move. (Aug. 31, 2004)
In 1945, singer Sarah Dash of LaBelle. (Sept. 20, 2021)
In 1952, actor Patrick Swayze. (Sept. 14, 2009)
In 1953, bass guitarist Marvin Isley (The Isley Brothers). (June 6, 2010)
In 1958, actor Reg E. Cathey. (Feb. 9, 2018)
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